A Stroll Around a Pond

Carrier Arboretum at JMU

When I was in Harrisonburg on Monday, I was planning to buy groceries and take some pictures at Glen’s Fair Price Store, which I had read would be closing soon. I shared those pictures yesterday. My stop at the Arboretum was a spur of the moment thing. I’ve been there many times, so I thought I’d just eat my lunch and leave, but then I felt drawn to the pond.

I was delighted to see a green heron.

There are usually some ducks to be seen and sure enough, I spotted some on a tiny island. It must be a man-made island because it floats around.

You can see mud on the surrounding vegetation, indicating where water had reached when tropical storm Debby came through. I don’t think flooding is a big surprise around the pond because it was designed to be a storm detention area.